 The outward coat is formed of small pieces of a species of bluish grey lichen that vegetates on old trees and fences, thickly glued on with the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency to the whole, as well as keeping out moisture. Within this...  The Natural History of Humming Birds - Pàgina 122per William Jardine - 1845Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1872 - 186 pàgines
...bluish-grey lichen, that vegetates on old trees and fences, thickly glued on with the saliva (or spittle) of the bird, giving firmness and consistency to the...the downy substance from the great mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base of the nest is continued round the stem of... | |
 | William Hamilton Gibson - 1890 - 212 pàgines
...formed of small pieces of bluishgray lichen, that vegetates on old trees and fences, thickly glued on with the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency...the downy substance from the great mullein and from the stalks of fern lines the whole. The base of the nest is continued around the branch, to which it... | |
 | 1876 - 588 pàgines
...pieces of a species of bluish-gray lichen that vegetates on old trees and fences, thickly glued on with the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency...moisture. Within this are thick matted layers of the flue wings of certain flying seeds, closely laid together; and lastly, the downy substance from the... | |
 | William Hamilton Gibson - 1890
...formed of small pieces of bluish-gray lichen, that vegetates on old trees and fences, thickly glued on with the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency...the downy substance from the great mullein and from the stalks of fern lines the whole. The base of the nest is continued around the branch, to which it... | |
 | 1842 - 780 pàgines
...small pieces of a species of bluish-gray lichen, that vegetates on old trees and fences, thickly glued with the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency...the downy substance from the great mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base of the nest is continued round the stem of... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 408 pàgines
...Naturalist's Library,' had been published in Edinburgh ever since the year 1833.— AM. ED.] thickly glued on with the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency...together ; and lastly, the downy substance from the green mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base of the nest is continued... | |
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